"The timing is great for David to come to the front," Coughlin said Monday. "And he'll hopefully provide us with that spark we need right now to go along with the rest of our players to give us an added playmaker that people are going to have to -- flat out have to -- defend."

Meanwhile, Hakeem Nicks continues to battle a knee injury that Coughlin believes will nag the wide receiver all season.

"I wish that he would have an opportunity to play after being no longer having any issues, but that's not going to be the case this year," Coughlin said this week.

Nicks will play through the pain, and the Giants are increasingly comfortable with Wilson, who was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after torching the Saints for a 97-yard kickoff return for a score and finishing the game with a franchise-record 327 all-purpose yards.